Study of the long-term results of effectiveness of children’s recreation and health improvement in recreation and health improvement organizations

Abstract

The main form of organized recreation for children, which, according to many authors, has probably the greatest health-improving effect, is considered to be stationary out-of-town organizations. There is great interest in the effect of spending time in recreational organizations on children’s health and evaluation of its possible effects. However, if the assessment of the effects of recreation has been implemented in practice for a long time, there is relatively little information about the long-term effects of recreation in the literature. The purpose of the study is to study the possible long-term effects of recuperation in children who stayed in recreation and health improvement organizations. The data from a survey of 392 schoolchildren from 10 to 17 years old conducted in March 2021 were analyzed. In comparison with children who spent the summer in the city or went to the countryside, the proportion of children who stayed in the camp and did not get colds was higher, while the proportion of those who got sick twice a year or more was lower. Children who stayed in recreation and health improvement organizations indicated themselves to be in a good or normal mood and well-being and to have average or good stress tolerance more often than children who spent their summers in urban areas. According to the results obtained after processing the results by methods of statistical analysis, we can assume that spending time in recreation and health improvement organizations has a positive effect on the immunity, mood and well-being of children not only during their stay, but also several months after it. Due to the high actuality of applying the assessment of the effectiveness of children’s recuperation, the evaluation of the long-term effects of recuperation requires further in-depth research.